Sacked ministers resign as MPs
The country's currency tanked nearly 10% last week after Zuma sacked a host of cabinet ministers, including finance minister Pravin Gordhan, but regained over 1% against the United States dollar on Wednesday following the reports that several key figures within the ANC will back the president.
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Search for suspect in Facebook homicide video widens to several states
Godwin seems confused and repeats the name and then Stephens says, "She's the reason this is about to happen to you". Steve Stephens , 37, is suspected of killing 74-year-old Robert Godwin on Sunday in a residential area east of Cleveland, police said .
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Mexican ex-governor evaded justice with help of accomplices
So it's not too much of a surprise that, as the AP reports , the PRI cheered the capture of the former Veracruz governor, who the party said should "be punished in an exemplary fashion, as well as anyone who is confirmed to have taken part in his criminal ring".
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Champions League: Leicester City FC lose to Atletico Madrid, keep hopes intact
Leicester are playing the Champions League for the first time and they suffered a 1-0 defeat in the away game against hosts Atletico Madrid on Tuesday. Manager Craig Shakespeare , who replaced the sacked Claudio Ranieri in February, made a tactical change to ensure the Atletico forward became nearly ineffective.
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Leicester: Shakespeare moves to ease defensive concerns
The same as 2-1 was away from home in Seville - we're looking forward to it and we'll be ready. Leicester City are the first team since Malaga in 2012/13 to reach the quarter-finals on their Champions League debut. Please support our efforts. Unusually for Simeone's men they were in nearly complete control of possession, but largely limited to shots from long range.
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Albrighton insists Atletico penalty decision adds to 'VAR' case
He told ITV Sport: "There was talk from the manager and the players that they are delighted to bring them back to the King Power ". If the police come and rush in you're going to run out and make it look bad. There's a lot of pressure always but we're just looking forward to the game". Leicester captain Morgan hasn't featured since scoring in last month's rousing recovery victory against Sevilla in the last 16 due to a back problem.
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North Korean official says will continue missile tests
Jean Lee, a global fellow at the US-based Wilson Center, said the next president "will have a lot of bearing on what kind of policy South Korea develops towards North Korea ". Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tweeted: I strongly condemn the latest North Korean missile launch. "We will see what happens! ". Mr Trump has previously said North Korea was "looking for trouble".
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Ministers from Italy, Iran set goals for Syria
On Friday morning, however, he said he was "very surprised" by the Syria action. "Why Russia has not been able to achieve that is unclear to me", Tillerson said. In turn, a USA defense official told Sputnik that this information was incorrect. This made for a stark contrast to Farage, who urged Britain not to get involved in any further strikes.
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Washington Post reporter wins Pulitzer for probing Trump's charity
The New York Times staff received its prize for an alleged "agenda-setting" reporting on Putin's efforts to project Russia's power overseas, the announcement from the Columbia School of Journalism said. The scope of Fahrenthold's reporting included investigating any money raised for charity that was inappropriately used for purchases by Trump. American journalism's most distinguished prizes also recognized work that shed light on worldwide financial intrigue and held local officials ...
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Trump can't use his personal helicopter anymore
Trump was spotted Sunday driving a golf cart and making a putt at his Trump International Golf Course - the only sign of his activities at the facility since his handlers have declined to detail what he's doing inside the private establishment.
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Multi-state search targets suspect in Cleveland Facebook video murder
The social media site later confirmed the video was "recorded and then uploaded to Facebook ". "Everybody is out there looking for Steve", Calvin Williams, the Cleveland police chief, told a news conference , where he joined Mayor Frank Jackson in asking Stephens to turn himself in.
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Russian Federation warns U.S. against unilateral strike on North Korea
North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador is accusing the United States of turning the Korean peninsula into "the world's biggest hotspot" and creating "a unsafe situation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any moment". He went on to say, "As the President has made very clear, either China will deal with this problem or the United States and our allies will". Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in a daily briefing today that the onus was on all parties - including the USA ...






